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	<H1>Troops and Flags</H1> by Jonathan Annas <br/>
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<h2>Instruction Manual</h2>
<h3>Play</h3>
1.The players decide who will be the red player and who will be the blue player.<br /><br />

2.Each player receives three troops, three flags, and six blockades.<br /><br />

3.The red player places all of his pieces on the board first. (see rules)<br /><br />

4.Next, the blue player places all of his pieces in the board.<br /><br />

5.The red player will have the first turn.<br /><br />

6.A turn consists of rolling the die, placing new blockades if the roll has granted any, 
and then consuming all movement points granted by the roll with a player's troops.<br /><br />

7.Players will alternate taking turns until one player has captured all three of the other player's flags.  
When this happens, the game is over and the winning player is the one who still has at least one flag on the 
board.<br /><br />

<a href="../Analysis Document/index.html">Click here for Rules.</a><br /><br /><hr />

<h3>Units and Pieces</h3>
The Die.<br />
Each player will roll this in order to obtain movement points and new blockades.  The rolling of the die is the 
only stochastic element of the game and will keep the strategies changing as the numbers unfold.<br /><br />

<img src="images/unit_troop.bmp" width="9%" height="9%"><br />
The troop.<br />
This piece moves up, down, left, right.  It may pass through other troops of the same color consuming the normal one 
movement point per move but may never occupy the same square as another troop.  Troops are the foundation of offense, 
but may also be used defensively.  The tradeoff of offense vs deffense on the troop is a key decision in many strategies.<br /><br />
 
<img src="images/piece_flag.bmp" width="9%" height="9%"><br />
The flag.<br />
This piece is the objective of the game.  A player must defend his own flags, and at the same time allocate his troops <br />
to capture the enemy flags.  <br /><br />

<img src="images/piece_blockade.bmp" width="9%" height="9%"><br />
The blockade.<br />
This piece is the key defensive unit.  Blockades do not move themselves, but can facilitate the movement of your troops.
Because blockades enahnce your troops movements while impairing the other player's movements, the positioning of these pieces 
is vital to any winning strategy.  These pieces can be stacked up to a height of three for even greater defenses.<br /><br />

<img src="images/piece_flag-blockade.bmp" width="9%" height="9%"><br />
The flag-blockade.<br />
This blockade is granted only on a special case of rolling the die.  When granted, it will stengthen any one of a player's 
flags by making the total points required to capture that flag increase by one.<br /><br />
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